CHICAGO -- President Donald Trump was adamant with reporters on Sunday that "we're not going to war" with Chicago, after he shared a post on Saturday with a caption that reads, "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR."

"We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our cities," Trump said. "We're going to clear them up so they don't kill every five people every weekend. That's not war. That's common sense."

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back against Trump after the president re-shared an image that places him in front of Chicago and insinuated he was going to take action against the city.

Pritzker slammed Trump and said that the president threatened to go to war with

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